THIS WEEK IN COUGAR ATHLETICS

• Cougars win third conference men’s track & field title, U of R hosts 2014 CIS Women’s Volleyball Championship this weekend

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Women’s Volleyball – Trinity Western vs. Dalhousie, Friday (1:00 p.m.) at CKHS – Quarterfinal #1
Women’s Volleyball – Manitoba vs. Ottawa, Friday (3:00 p.m.) at CKHS – Quarterfinal #2
Women’s Volleyball – UBC vs. Regina, Friday (6:00 p.m.) at CKHS – Quarterfinal #3
Women’s Volleyball – Laval vs. McMaster, Friday (8:00 p.m.) at CKHS – Quarterfinal #4
Women’s Volleyball – TBA, Saturday (1:00 p.m.) at CKHS – Consolation Semifinal #1
Women’s Volleyball – TBA, Saturday (3:00 p.m.) at CKHS – Consolation Semifinal #2
Women’s Volleyball – TBA, Saturday (6:00 p.m.) at CKHS – Consolation Semifinal #3
Women’s Volleyball – TBA, Saturday (8:00 p.m.) at CKHS – Consolation Semifinal #4
Women’s Volleyball – TBA, Sunday (1:00 p.m.) at CKHS – Consolation Final
Women’s Volleyball – TBA, Sunday (3:00 p.m.) at CKHS – Third-Place Match
Women’s Volleyball – TBA, Sunday (6:00 p.m.) at CKHS – Championship Final

Away Events
Wrestling – at CIS Championships, Friday and Saturday in Fredericton, N.B.
Women’s Hockey – at Saskatchewan, Friday (7:00 p.m. MST) in Saskatoon, Sask. – Game 1
Women’s Hockey – at Saskatchewan, Saturday (7:00 p.m. MST) in Saskatoon, Sask. – Game 2
Women’s Hockey – at Saskatchewan, Sunday (7:00 p.m. MST) in Saskatoon, Sask. – Game 3 (if necessary)

Women’s Volleyball – The Cougars host the eight-team 2014 CIS Women’s Volleyball Championship from Friday through Sunday at the CKHS. The Cougars will meet No. 1-ranked UBC in their opening match at the tournament, which is scheduled for a 6 p.m. start on Friday. The winner will meet the winner of the Laval/McMaster quarterfinal on Saturday (8 p.m.), with the winner of that to advance to the championship final scheduled for Sunday night at 6 p.m. For a complete tournament schedule and a list of participating teams, visit www.reginacougars.com.

Track & Field (Men’s CIS Ranking: No. 5) – The men’s team won its third Canada West title in program history last weekend, as the Cougars combined for 11 medals to finish with a total of 83 points. Connor MacDonald was the team’s top individual scorer with medals in all three jumps, while Jeremy Eckert set a new Canada West record in the high jump and earned Men’s Performance of the Meet honours. Merissa Margetts won the lone medal for the women’s team with a bronze in the 60-metre dash, while head coach Bruce McCannel was named the Canada West Men’s Track & Field Coach of the Year. The Cougars will have a weekend off before returning to Edmonton for the CIS Championships beginning on Mar. 6.

Women’s Hockey – Tori Head scored two goals on Sunday as the Cougars defeated the No. 5-ranked Alberta Pandas 2-1 in the deciding game of their best-of-three Canada West semifinal series. Both of the other two games in the series were also 2-1 affairs, with the Cougars winning in Game 1 on Friday and the Pandas forcing a third game with a Game 2 win on Saturday. The Cougars advance to the Canada West finals, where they’ll meet the University of Saskatchewan Huskies starting on Friday in Saskatoon. The winner of the best-of-three series will not only be named the conference champion, but also will earn a berth to the 2014 CIS Championship hosted by St. Thomas University.

Wrestling (Men’s CIS Ranking: No. 8 / Women’s CIS Ranking: No. 10) – The wrestling teams will send 11 athletes to the CIS Championships this weekend, which are scheduled for Friday and Saturday in Fredericton, N.B. Kristine Longeau, Danielle Anderson, Kayla Brodner and Emily Foerster will represent the women’s team, while the men’s team will send Lucas Hoffert, Matt Fedler, Rylan Petterson, Isaac Lubiak, Conner McLachlan, Reza Mosallat and Sean Belisle.

Women’s Basketball (CIS Ranking: No. 4) – The Cougars punched their ticket to the Canada West Final Four with two straight wins over the University of Victoria last weekend in the conference quarterfinals. Regina topped the Vikes 82-67 on Friday night and 82-68 in Game 2 on Saturday. The Final Four will be hosted on Mar. 7 and Mar. 8 at the University of Alberta if the Pandas win their quarterfinal series this weekend against Thompson Rivers.

Swimming – Sabrina Wielsoe had the best result for the U of R’s teams at the CIS Swimming Championships over the weekend in Toronto. The first-year swimmer qualified for the ‘B’ final in the 200-metre butterfly and placed fourth in the race, giving her a 12th-place finish in the event overall. She had a time of 2:18.63 in the preliminaries and 2:19.31 in the final, scoring the team’s only five points at the meet.

(Courtesy Braden Konschuh/Cougar Athletics)